What varieties are people growing this season? I've started to chit my first earlies (Charlotte) and have some Picasso on order as a main crop. Not yet decided if we're going to be growing any others yet, but we're going to be growing in large containers as they seem to crop better and it makes it much easier to harvest.

I'm just growing Charlotte. Grew them for the first time last year on daughter's advice and they were great. Cropped early as new potatoes, left them in the ground and they got bigger through the summer and dug the last ones in Jan. First they were firm and waxy, then they got more floury so that by autumn and winter they did for chips, mashed and baked. They are chitting at the moment.

I've just read all the quoted forums, LOL, definitely one and the same, but what I really wonder is, where on earth did he go to school, he must have spent his time looking out of the window during English, Spelling and Maths lessons!

Ah, he lives in the US, that probably explains it, I've heard everything is twice as big there . Actually, I think that due to his bragging, he doesn't have many friends and uses these forums to get some attention, have to feel sorry for him really.

Just so you understand-if you were a genuine person there would be no need to keep signing in under different names-I think we all now now what pleasure you get out of forums-just causing disruption- which in your warped world is pleasure

I realise you are now wetting youself because someone is reacting to you but I can play this game all day long -this is just a warning to others not to interact with you and you pathetic comments.

I'm trying spuds for the first time this year ( though I've had very reasonable results from ones that appeared spontaneously, presumably from peelings in my compost!) I've got some Sharp's Express chitting away, how many shoots should they have before I plant them out?

I grew a load of different varietites last year, 2 earlies, 2 second earlies, 2 maincrop & charlottes. The charlottes did the best. I had to lift all very early as I got blight, but the biggest crop came from the Charlottes & they lasted way longer than the others. I saw an Ulster spud in one of the GW recommends so I'm gonna try and get hold of it. Am defo gonna grow Charlottes again, but I'll try leaving them in the ground longer this year.